Becoming Free Indeed, by Jinger Vuolo

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In Becoming Free Indeed: My Story Disentangling Faith From Fear, Jinger Duggar Vuolo explains how she began to question the unhealthy ideology of her youth and learned to embrace true freedom in Christ.

As the sixth child in the famous Duggar family of TLC's 19 Kids and Counting and Counting On, Jinger grew up believing that obeying the rules was the key to success and God's favor. She zealously promoted the Basic Life Principles of Bill Gothard:

- Fastidiously obeying the modesty guidelines (no shorts or jeans, only dresses)
- Eagerly submitting to the umbrella of authority (any disobedience of parents would place her outside God's protection)
- Promoting the relationship standard of courtship
- Avoiding any music with a worldly beat, among others

Jinger, along with three of her sisters, wrote a New York Times bestseller about their religious convictions. She believed this level of commitment would guarantee God's blessing, even though in private she felt constant fear that she wasn't measuring up to the high standards demanded of her.

Jinger shares how in her early twenties, a new family member—a brother-in-law who didn't grow up in the same tight-knit conservative circle as Jinger—caused her to examine her beliefs. His influence, along with the help of a pastor named Jeremy Vuolo, caused Jinger to have an earth-shaking realization: much of what she'd always believed about God, obedience to His Word, and personal holiness wasn't in-line with what the Bible teaches. 

This caused Jinger to see that her life was built on rules, not God's Word. Jinger finally committed to studying and truly understanding the Bible for the first time.

Becoming Free Indeed shares what it was like living under the tenants of Bill Gothard, the Biblical truth that changed her perspective, and how she disentangled her faith with her belief in Jesus intact.

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